Finger ring set with gem mount locking means



Jan. 10, 1956 H. JAY 2,729,955

FINGER RING SET WITH GEM MOUNT LOCKING MEANS Filed Nov. 30', 1955 INVENTOR. Hen ry J oy United States Patent 729,955 RING SETfWITH GEM MOUNT LOCKING Henry-Jay, New YorkeN Y.

Application November 30; 1953', SeriaIN'o. 394,941

2 Claims. (CL- 63 -153) The present invention relates to finger rings, and more particularly to finger ring sets, especially finger ring sets consisting of awedding: ring and. an engagement ring, such as the ring sets often worn by married women on oneand the same finger.

Numerousring sets of the same general character have heretofore been made that could conveniently be worn on the same finger, in close proximity with one another so as to be of presentable appearance and comfortable for the wearer. However, all such ring sets, as far as I know, have been of the type in which the engagement ring is set with a round or brilliant cut stone or diamond, generally set in a high or elevated setting, such as a Tiffany setting, little of which overhangs the edges of the ring.

So far as I know, no finger ring sets to be worn on one finger have heretofore successfully been made in which the engagement ring is formed with an elongated setting fixed transversely of the ring shank so that it overhangs considerably to each side of the ring shank, such as sets in which the engagement ring is provided with a marquise type or emerald cut type setting.

In settings for marquise or emerald cut diamonds, the setting generally is cast with the shank of the ring and is set low on the ring shank, extending from its sides at a point below its upper surface so that it encompasses a portion of its thickness and overlies not only lengthwise or transversely but also in depth. This construction and arrangement of the setting has, heretofore, made it undesirable to use engagement rings having such settings in ring sets such as described, with a matching wedding ring, because the extensions of the setting, which are low hung on each side of the engagement ring tended to keep the wedding ring spaced away from the engagement ring,

making the arrangement uncomfortable and unsightly and, in many instances, where the setting is for a large diamond, impossible.

It is an object of the present invention to provide ring sets of the character described, including an engagement ring having a transversely elongated low mounted setting which interfit in a manner to permit the wearing of the set of rings on one and the same finger, both comfortably and conveniently.

It is another object of the present invention to provide ring sets of the character described which are ornamental and which, whether worn on one finger or on separate fingers, present a highly attractive appearance.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide ring sets of the character described which are of simple construction, simple and easy to use and economical to produce.

It is a still further object of the present invention to provide ring sets of the character described which, when worn on one finger, interfit in a manner to maintain them in the same relative position to one another and also tend to inhibit their shifting on the finger.

The foregoing and other advantages and superiorities of the finger ring sets of the present invention will become more readily apparent to those skilled in the art from the 2v one embodiment thereof shown in the accompanying drawing and from the description following. It is to be understood;- however, that. such embodiment is shown by wayof illustration. only, to make the principles and practice of theinvention more readily comprehensible, and without any intentor limiting the invention to the specific details therein shown.

In the drawings:

Fig. lv is an enlarged, fragmentary top plan view show ing one-embodiment of a set ko'f finger ringso'f the present invention, with the engagement ring of marquise type;

Fig. 2 is asimilar view in elevation of the ring set of Fig.1;

Fig; 3 is an exploded view of the ring set shown in Fig. l, as: viewedfrom the top; and

Fig; 4 is a section taken online 44 of Fig; 2.

Referring now more specifically to the accompanying drawing, the ring set of. the present invention is shown as comprising an: engagement ring, generally designated as 10 and; awedding ring, generally designated as 11 and matching. the ringi 10 in a general way.

The engagement ring 10 comprises the shank, 11, and a setting or mounting for a marquise diamond, generally designated as 14. The setting 14 is shown as integrally formed and cast with the shank 12 and consists of a cup like structure open at the top and as being of elongated shape, disposed transversely of the shank i2 and extending a distance past each side thereof and tapering to a point on each side. The setting comprises a side wall, 15, within which are formed light admitting openings and two bottom wall sections, 16 and 17, extending one from each side face of the shank 12, from approximately the center of its thickness. A marquise shaped diamond is shown as set into the setting 14, and is designated as 18.

The wedding ring 11 comprises a shank, 19, which may be of the same or corresponding general shape as the shank 10, having corresponding ornamentation and of a thickness substantially the same only slightly thinner than the shank 12 and which would, ordinarily, engage against the edge of the setting 14, if it were attempted to place the two on the same finger.

In order to enable the wearing of the finger rings on the same finger, I form in the upper surface of the wedding ring shank, at the appropriate point with respect to the ornamentation thereof, a transverse groove, sufficiently deep to accommodate the bottom portion of one of the overhanging ends of the setting 14. In the illustrative embodiment of the invention wherein the setting is of marquise shape and tapers at each end to a point, the groove, 20, is also of tapering shape, to accommodate the bottom, 16, or 17, of one end of the setting 14. Of course where the setting is for a square or emerald cut diamond, the groove would be of substantially rectangular shape.

in order to provide more secure seating of the end of the setting, as the end 16, in the groove 20, a bus may be formed at the point of the groove, so that busses 22 are formed at each side thereof, thereby raising the side walls 21 of the groove, for more secure engagement against the side walls 15 of the setting 14..

It will be apparent that the groove 2*!) serves not only to permit the overlying of the Wedding ring 11 by the setting 14 of the ring 10, but also serves, when the two rings are on the same finger, to retain them in the same relative position at all times, so as to properly match their ornamentation.

It will also be apparent that by this interfitting of the two rings when on the same finger, there is greater resistance provided to the shifting of both of the rings on the finger, so that the rings, especially the engagement ring will tend to remain in place with its diamond in a centered position on the finger and will not readily rotate on the finger.

This completes the description of the finger ring sets of the present invention. It will be readily apparent that such finger ring sets open great possibilities for the use of marquise and emerald cut diamonds in ring sets that may be worn on the same finger, in a manner not heretofore possible, It will also beapparent that such finger ring sets are highly ornamental and of attractive appearance and may be conveniently and comfortably be worn on the same finger. It will additionally be apparent that such finger ring sets may be easily and conveniently used 1 and easily and economically be produced.

It will be further apparent that numerous variations and modifications of the finger ring sets of the present invention may be readily made by any one skilled in the art, in accordance with the principles of the invention hereinabove set forth and without the use of any inventiveingenuity. I desire, therefore, to be protected for any and all such variations and modifications that may be made within the spirit of the present invention and the scope of the claim hereto appended.

What I claim is:

l. A finger ring set adapted to be worn on one finger of a hand, comprising, a first ring including a shank having a crown portion and an elongated setting for a jewel said elongated setting extending at right angles to the plane of the ring, said jewel setting having tapering end portions extending laterally to each side of said shank from a point centrally of the thickness of said crown portion thereof, and a companion ring including a shank having a crown portion of approximately equal radial thickness as the crown portion of said first ring, said companion ring having a transversely extending groove References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,029,464 Coleman Feb. 4, 1936 2,151,607 Lovell Mar. 21, 1939 2,472,893

Gerson June 14,1949 

